Sections Close
Cerca

human rights

New York -

Saviano in NYC Doesn’t Give Up: Where the Lies on “Taxis of the Sea” Come From

How did we get here, how did we end up describing the NGOs’ ships as “taxis of the sea”? “We needed to escape from the guilt we used to feel when we saw scenes of desperation,” Saviano claimed. “We also needed to say to our stomach that was twisting into knots, that it wasn’t our fault, that it was only a conspiracy to rip us off, a scheme of the economic elites in order to take new slaves: Beautiful, mighty boys," that can’t be that poor and desperate if they even own smartphones...

U.N. -

The World Health Organization Drives Change in Transgender Rights

According to Lale Say, Coordinator of WHO’s Department of Reproductive Health and Research, the reclassification will “reduce the stigma” while ensuring “access to necessary health interventions.” Indeed, discrimination is a major barrier to accessing prevention services, HIV testing, treatment and care for transgender people. According to a poll conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, in the US “nearly a quarter [of transgender people] say they have avoided doctors or health care out of concern they would be discriminated against (22%), and 31% say they have no regular doctor or form of health care.” In many countries, the number of transgender people not seeking care or being denied care is higher.

U.N. -

The Harsh Dispute Between Salvini and the U.N. on Italy’s Migration Policies

The U.N. experts' analysis is crystal-clear: “There are reasonable grounds to believe that the Directive, due also to the time of its release, was issued with the aim of directly targeting the search and rescue operations of the NGO boat Mare Jonio, namely by preventing it from accessing Italian territorial waters and ports.” “We are deeply concerned about the approach taken by the Minister of Interior against the Mare Jonio through these directives, which are not based on, and have not been confirmed by, any decision by the competent judicial authority.”

Arts -

BARCA NOSTRA, an Exhibition on Europe’s Migration Crisis at La Biennale

Exactly four years after the tragic shipwreck that occurred on April 18th, 2015, the boat was released on April 18th, 2019, by the Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the Italian Ministry of Defense, to be handed over to the Commune of Augusta through the project BARCA NOSTRA. It was a bureaucratic odyssey riddled with obstacles, to clear the ownership and responsibilities regarding the shipwreck’s uncertain fate, and to prepare the boat for the continuation of its journey.

News -

Castelnuovo di Porto: The Politics of Scapegoat and the Demand for a Future

What is particularly striking about what happened at Castelnuovo di Porto is the fact that it was an act of unnecessary humiliation towards refugees that represent a positive experience of integration. The fact that people were treated like objects can hardly be seen as an accidental side-effect of incompetence; rather, it is hard not to see it as a deliberate choice, though devoid of any functional purpose.

Onu -

Communication, Empathy and the Crisis of Multilateralism: Gassman’s Lesson to Us

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres draws a key lesson for the UN from the experience of the Global Compact for Migration. It is not enough to communicate rationally about the fundamental values of the United Nations. The UN should go the extra mile in communicating more empathically with the public and counter the negative social media campaigns that build on false data and people’s fears. The multilateral system should be more effective in proposing practical solutions, by showing at the same time that it is connected with the needs, the aspirations and the problems of the people the UN cares for

People -

A Service for the Rights of Detainees: Siciliano and the Story of “His” San Vittore

“Publicizing these services through the press and the media is one way of amplifying a conversation and letting people know that inside the prison we are working for the good of society. By offering these services, we let people know that someone who comes out of jail is not abandoned and alone, but it is someone who during their incarceration period embarked on a journey and was involved in many different activities,” says Siciliano

Iscriviti alla nostra newsletter / Subscribe to our newsletter

Close